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Additionally, it comes with two other utilities: the automatic installer and uninstaller, which, together, make installation and removal of mods easier than ever!

EASY INSTALLER

With the Easy Installer, mods are just a few clicks away! Just run the Easy Installer and choose mod file you want to install. Two formats are supported: .package (existing mods) and .sporemod (bundled ModAPI mods).

Using it is very simple, just follow these steps:

Download the mod you want to install.

Execute the Easy Installer.

A file chooser will be shown. Find the mod file you want to install, select it, and click OK.

And that’s all! This tool can install most common mods, even those that don’t use the ModAPI; don’t forget, however, that to have the full functionality of ModAPI mods, you must run the Spore ModAPI Launcher.

EASY UNINSTALLER

While the Easy Installer is great for getting your mods installed, maybe you’re having trouble with one, or just want to revert to vanilla Spore for a change. The Easy Uninstaller is there for that! Just choose the mod(s) you want to uninstall from its list, and it’ll take care of everything else!

Warning: This only works for mods installed using the Easy Installer.

DEVELOPMENT KT

Want to develop mods using the ModAPI? Here you can download the Development Kit that contains everything you need:

Using it is pretty simple. Inside the Development Kit there is a project template for Visual Studio. If you use it, you will be able to create projects for ModAPI with everything configured.

To install the template, just paste the file “Spore ModAPI Template.zip” in the folder:My Documents\Visual Studio 2017\Templates\ProjectTemplates\Visual C++ Project(instead of Visual Studio 2017, use the folder with your version).

Now, the next time you create a new project in Visual Studio, you can choose to create a ModAPI one:

WARNING: Take a look at the Location property when creating a new solution. In order to make the configuration work correctly, you must place your solutions in the ModAPI Development Kit folder.

TheUltraCube6723 wrote:For some reason, the launcher does not ever open. The launcher opens according to Task manager, but only for like half a second, am I doing something wrong?

No, theorically when you execute the launcher the game should open. Later I'll send you a different version so we can try to find what's happening. Also, it would be great if you add me on Steam or Discord, so we can chat better.

TheUltraCube6723 wrote:For some reason, the launcher does not ever open. The launcher opens according to Task manager, but only for like half a second, am I doing something wrong?

No, theorically when you execute the launcher the game should open. Later I'll send you a different version so we can try to find what's happening. Also, it would be great if you add me on Steam or Discord, so we can chat better.

I really appreciate your work, Emd, Colorpicker didn't fail me yet and I've got interested in l Development kit, but when I try to download it, it stops at 99% (Download Failed) or either download doesn't start at all. Knowing my luck the servers are acting weird.. And It's like for thirty minutes now.

I know it may be pain in the butt, but may I ask for a mirror?

I see much possibilities with that tool... Maybe I don't posses much knowledge in C++, but I'd like to see how it looks.

Edit: I've figured. Avast has trouble and didn't notify me. It suspects Evo-gen, but I think it is false alarm. I will scan with Malwarebytes to see if it also detects something.Edit2: It's clean according to it. Avast only has problem with one executable within Detours - disas.exe

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This works great for me and I love the idea! I do have a quick question about the developer kit. the README says to pick the version of spore you are compiling for, which one should I pick for Origin spore?

The launcher has been updated so that it works fine for Steam users now, thanks to the collaboration of TheUltraCube. If the launcher didn't do anything when opening it, download it again and try (if you installed the Enhanced Color Picker mod, you might have to download it again)

Emd4600 [ASR] wrote:The launcher has been updated so that it works fine for Steam users now, thanks to the collaboration of TheUltraCube. If the launcher didn't do anything when opening it, download it again and try (if you installed the Enhanced Color Picker mod, you might have to download it again)

Can confirm it works, and does share too. Now one last thing is to find out if you have to permanently launch Spore through the mod API or if it will also work by launching via Steam

Small constructive criticism on the Enhanced Color Picker. The HTML color code viewer should be displayed on top of the color preview, I don't think it needs a separate place. And with the empty space we have left doing that, I'd like it if there was a Saturation slider too.

TheUltraCube6723 wrote:Small constructive criticism on the Enhanced Color Picker. The HTML color code viewer should be displayed on top of the color preview, I don't think it needs a separate place. And with the empty space we have left doing that, I'd like it if there was a Saturation slider too.

Why would you want it to be on top? Keep in mind that the color code thing is not only a viewer, it can also be edited.

And for the saturation thing, as far as I know the circle acts as saturation (the closest to the center -> the more desaturated).

You have to always run the launcher to get the mod functionality. If you run Spore through Steam, the mod will not work.

Raptorians wrote:The launcher keeps launching Spore with the less-powerful integrated graphics and not the graphics card, even when I set the launcher to use the graphics card. Is there a way to fix this yet?

Go to your Galactic Adventures "Data" folder, copy the "Config" folder to a new folder called "Data" in the folder containing the "Spore ModAPI Launcher" folder. So in the end, these should both exist:.\Spore ModAPI Launcher.\Data\Config

Raptorians wrote:The launcher keeps launching Spore with the less-powerful integrated graphics and not the graphics card, even when I set the launcher to use the graphics card. Is there a way to fix this yet?

Go to your Galactic Adventures "Data" folder, copy the "Config" folder to a new folder called "Data" in the folder containing the "Spore ModAPI Launcher" folder. So in the end, these should both exist:.\Spore ModAPI Launcher.\Data\Config

Didn't work for me. The graphics are still flat and there's a bit of lag. So essentially, what I'm trying to do is have the launcher run Spore with the NVIDIA card instead of the Intel graphics, but it keeps starting it with Intel...